Weekend reading, videos and media interviews

International Reads:

• It’s a terrible time to be a millennial – Business Insider
• DoorDash warns customers who don’t tip that they may face a longer wait for their food orders – CBS News
• UN blasts Amazon, Walmart, DoorDash for ‘shameful’ wages and union-busting – The Guardian
• Food Inflation Triggers: Is It Biden? Covid-19? Russia’s Invasion? – Forbes
• With interest rates unchanged, small businesses continue to struggle: “I can’t grow my business” – CBS
• Birth rates drop in California, San Diego over the last decade – Axios
• Amazon, DoorDash, Walmart, trapping workers in poverty: UN rights expert – News
• Toyota Gives 9% Pay Bump to Most U.S. Auto-Factory Workers, Following UAW Gains in Detroit – WSJ
• US official defends Inflation Reduction Act against EU criticism – Euractiv
• Uber, Lyft to pay $328 million to settle New York wage theft claims – Reuters
• Midwest Loses Thousands of Jobs as Southern States Boom – News Week
• Nonpartisan business group hails Biden’s green jobs boom – Fortune
• Fed chair Jerome Powell shows some optimism on economy after rate pause – Axios
• Gas prices are falling — and analysts expect them to drop much further – ABC
• One paycheck not enough: Digital bank Current finds almost half its customers have multiple jobs – CNBC
• Charles Schwab lays off about 2,000 employees – CNN
• Some Chinese institutions borrow at 50% rate as liquidity squeezed – Reuters
• Swiss authorities, banks mull new rules to prevent bank runs – Reuters

Local Reads:

• Letter from Melbourne lawyer John Adams reveals operation of alleged mortgage Ponzi scheme – ABC
• Coles subjecting employees to bag checks in crackdown on some of Australia’s lowest paid workers – The Guardian
• Visitors to Australia could now lose their visa if they hide plant or animal products in luggage – The Guardian
• John Howard says he ‘always had trouble’ with the concept of multiculturalism – The Guardian
• Australian lawyers concerned by proposed three-year freeze on corporate greenwashing litigation – ABC
• Only 2% of freight between Melbourne and Sydney goes by rail – putting Australia’s emissions targets at risk – The Guardian
• Alan Kohler: America and China are wrestling over the tiller of a burning ship – New Daily
• Despite rocketing rents and property prices, a key Reserve Bank housing analysis group hasn’t met for a year – ABC
• Major multinational port operator paid zero tax in Australia while raking in billions – The Guardian
•  Victoria prepares to finally decriminalise public drunkenness, but some remain reluctant to ‘restrict police powers’ – The Monthly

MB Media Appearances:

LVO talks immigration, rental crisis, interest rates, inflation and Qantas on Sky News with Rita Pahani:

DLS talks energy policy failures, inflation and interest rates on Radio 2GB:

LVO explains to Sky News host Erin Molan why interference from Treasurer Jim Chalmers could prevent the RBA from hiking the official cash rate on Tuesday.

He also explains how a new ‘activity centre’ plan from the NSW Government wants to dump more migrants on Western Sydney, which has for more than 15 years been the dumping ground for Sydney’s immigration:

DLS talks uranium and nuclear power on Disrupt Radio.

DLS at News on RBA corruption.

Other vid worth noting

Shipping Braces for Impact as Panama Canal slashes capacity……..informative video about a major issue